ARTIST STATEMENT
Eileen Blyth is a Columbia artist known for her paintings and assemblages of
found objects. In presenting her work, she hopes to make a connection between
the viewer and the work; that a memory floats to the surface, or simply to
share some of the joy found in creating the work.
I am looking for a truth in my work, trying to listen, observe, explore. I
wonder why I'm drawn to these objects and why their color and shape find themselves
repeated in my images. The completion of each new painting, each experience,
is a discovery.
The gesture, the act of expressing, how it feels to coax the paint across the
space that is my canvas; that is my starting place. The joy of finding, the
compulsion of retrieving and constructing, the obsession to draw and paint
the shapes all have varying levels of importance in the outcome of my work.
The process of discovering, not just the medium and subject but what it feels
like when I create, what it feels like when I know, is of equal importance
in the outcome.